Appeal
IGN: StaloneRanger, HahaToob, Abdul_Jamaica,
Nick:i dont even remember
Faction: blue mountains
Reason for ban: I told my friend to kill himself in a voice chat during a siege
Time banned for: ever Date banned: I have no idea, like 4 years ago Reason for appeal: I would very much like to reminisce with old builds and friends I am very aware that I should not have said that in such a public voice chat, it was during a siege of thorin's halls and it just came out at random because we were just yappin and waiting for the siege to start and he said something that I decided warranted me saying kys which is never ok and quite immature. I was also just rude and terrible to people and the epitome of what you don't want on a server so I do genuinely apologize, I am sorry. I have moved on from any past grudges I held towards this server or the players, as I started playing on this server in like 2014 I consider it a valuable part of my childhood and I wish to once more view Thorin's halls and my elite mushroom island lab. Joining the discord recently and watching others play genuinely made me want to play again, I miss the fun and I miss the friends and I miss the community. It's been long enough that I worked with the developer of the First Age LOTR mod to open an official server for that mod. During my time as owner of that server I encounted MANY players acting the same way I would have a few years ago and it made my blood boil, so it really put things into perspective for me. I seriously and honestly apologize for all of my terrible actions and I can do no more than ask for forgiveness and a chance to return to this server to create more memories (and TOR favorites) Many thanks StaloneRanger
Hi Stalone, it's been fun to see your return to the community and the reminiscing of old memories. You've been part of the history of TOR and have made an impact on the server. Both a positive and negative one. Considering all this history, it took us a long while to figure out what to do with this ban appeal and its edits.
On your first version of your appeal, it didn't seem like you wanted to return to the community. It seemed like you were using an excuse just to come back and play some. Perhaps figuring that enough time has passed that you could simply walk in at this point. After interacting some and seeing what you've missed, you did seem genuinely pulled back into community and decided to edit things up. We base our decision on the edited version of the appeal.
Firstly, in your past few months of playtime you were quite simply a rude person towards players in the community, as you say. As a recently ex-staff member at that point, you should've known better. I will say personally, a lot of the people you were interacting with at the time were very much at fault as well. The staff team of the time dropped the ball on that, and I recognize that. Currently, the staff team functions very differently. I would argue that we've created a place in which all parties will receive fair judgement across the board.
However, despite being ragebaited often, you were still just being a rude dick. That remains unchanged, no matter which staff team looks at it. Disrespect has no place on TOR, and such behavior is not something that can be tolerated. The call in which you tell your friend to kill himself was simply the last drop in the bucket. In that same call other disrespectful things have been said regarding players of the community as well.
We believe that you definitely have a path back to TOR. However, as it stands, we don't think this appeal is that path. It feels heartfelt, but it does not feel genuine as you claim to be over grudges, but don't show this in your interactions outside of the community. Appeals exist so banned players can win the trust back of the community. It's hard to tell whether or not you are truly sorry and whether or not you've actually grown. Or if you simply want to head back to the lab, explode some players, and scream at the next ragebaiter that would come your way.
Based on all that, we simply cannot lend you the trust to enter back into the community with this appeal. You will however at all times remain a part of TOR's history and will have always made an impact on this community. Both a positive and negative one.
- Mido